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VOL. XXIV. ' PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1914. . NO. 51.
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SOU IS FIR
FOR TRUST LAWS
SE EVERY EFFFORT TO GET
PENDING BILLS THROUGH
SENATE TJHIS SESSION. -
HQ HALT IN THE PROGRAM
Xe Believes There i$ Organized Move
ment to Bring an Early Adjourn
ment of the Congress.
Washington. President Wilson
came out -with a flat declaration that,
desnite what, he characterised as a
deliberate campaign by certain inter
ests to secure adjournment of .Con
gress and postponement of the admin
istration's trust legislation program,
he would use every influence at his
command' to get the pending bills
fhrnne-h lfift senatft at this session.
.... Choosing his words carefully, the
president disclosed his belief that or
ganized distribution of circular let
ters and telegrams-among ' business
men, members of congress and other
public officials, calling for an adjourn-
. ment of congress, a halt in the trust
bills, an increase in freight rates for
the railroads and a "rest for business"
ttqo reoriAncihlo f r xvYl o f - ho roppntlv
described as a "psychological depres
sion." .
In support of that view, the White
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xiuuse uiiu puuiiu cuyiea ui iciicia
and by telegrams brought in by friends
of the administrations One letter was
' circulated by the Simmons Hardware
Company of St. Louis under date of
June 9. Just prior to that date Presi
dent Wilson had offered to E. C. Sim
mont president of tMat , company, a
place on the Federal reserve board.
And now, just before the president
expressed his views on the trust pro
gram, it was announced that Mr. Sim
mons had declined the appointment
and that Charles S. Hamlin, of Boston,
would be nominated in his stead.
White House officials emphatically
denied that the Simmons letter had
anything to do with the declination of
the appointment. It was said, how
ever, that the president did not know
of the letter when he offered Mr.
Simmons the place.
The president's declarations and the
-publication of the letters created a
mild sensation, approaching that
which followed the "President's de
nunciation of the "Insidious lobby
which, he said, "was threatening the
tariff bill last year." Senaotrs and
Representatives discussed the situa
tion, but no action was taken.
One of the letters made public pur
ported to have been sent out by the
Pictorial Review Company of New
York and was signed by W. P. Ahnelt,
president, under date of May 1. It ac
companied fa prepared letter protest
ing against, trust legislation, praying
for a freight rate increase and -suggesting
an adjournment of Congress
witn the further suggestion that the
recipient mail copies to the president,
members cf Congress, the interstate
commerce commission and other offi
cials In Washington.
WILSON SPEAKS ON FLAG DAY.
"Our Banner Stands for Just Use of
National Power," He Says.
Washington. Waving his hand to
ward an American flag hoisted by a
squad of navy bluejackets, President
Wijgon told a great crowd assembled
before state, war and navy building,
to celebrate flag day, that flying over
a reunited nation, this banner for
the future was "meant to stand for
the just use of undisputed national
power."
"Our spirits as well as our states
are now reunited," said the president,
'and nobody questions our ability to
push forward our economic affairs
upon lines of unparalleled successes.
"This flag for the future is meant
to stand - for the just use of our un
disputed national power. No nation
is ever going to doubt our power to
assert its rights;' and we should-lay
it to heart that no nation shall ever
henceforth doubt our power to put
it to the highest Uses to which a great
emblem of justice and government can
be put.
Will Help Banks.
Washington. Secretary McAdoo
again Btanus ready to lend a hand to
Western and Southern banks in case
they need money for crop moving pur
poses, it was announced. The plan
of lending Government money to the
banks in agricultural districts for use
uuuug crty moving season iasi year
'was so successful that it will be
"adopted this year if the necessity
arises. Money loaned by the Treas
ury Department last year was secured
mostly5 by commercial paper.
LIEUT. FREDERICK MEARS
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Lieut. Frederick Wears, U. S. A., Is
one of tha three men named by the
president to build the government
railroads in Alaska. He had charge
of the re-location of the Panama rail
road and was recommended by Colonel
Goettials,.
12 RESERVE BANKS
READY BY AUGUST I
TREASURY OFFICIALS THINK IT
POSSIBLE THAT THIS WILL
BE.
SECURE DIRECTORS IN JUNE
Elections of Directors In All Classes
Are Being Made Rapidly by the
. Member Banks.
Washington. Treasury Department
officials were still of the ' opinion that
it would be possible to have the 12
Federal reserve banks in operation by
August 1 although they say the de
mand for money to move crops has
not been such as would suggest any
great strain to be relieved . by the
reserve banks.
Practically the remainder of June
will be required for the election of
directors of the Federal reserve
banks. Banks which are to become
members of reserve banks now are
balloting for directors of the A and
B classes. Each reserve bank will
have three directors of class A and
three of class B all named by electors
selected by the various member
banks. Three directors of class C
are then to be designated by the Fed
eral reserve board and must be men
with banking experience.
The organization committee has
not made any call upon member
banks as yet for the initial one-sixth
of their subscriptions to the capital
stock of the reserve bank, to which;
they wish to belong. Such a call
hardly would be made until afer the
Federal reseTve board is confirmed by
the senate and takes up its work in
Washington. '
Much detail work awaits the Fed
eral reserve board after it assumes of
fice. Secretaries and assistants to
the members must be selected and a
complete system rt reports for the
reserve banks mu3t be worked out.
' Celebration Postponed.
Petersburg, Va; Plans for the cel
ebration of tlie fiftieth anniversary by
local Sons of Veterans of the famous i
Battle of the Crater, July 3. were ;
abandoned. No reason was given for j
the decision. i
106 Degrees in Petersburg.
Petersburg, Va All records for j
June were broken here when a tem
perature of 106 was recorded.
Famine at Vera Crux.
Washington. News of a threatened
famine among inhabitants of Vera
Cruz and vicinity set the telegraph
wires to work out of the department
of cornmerce and Secretary Redfleld
has received assurances that Ameri
can merchants soon would have large
supplies of food on the way to the
Mexican port to be sold at moderate s
prices. The shipment will go in free
tf duty if officials here can arrange it.
Secretary Redfield's telegrams were
addressed to commercial organiza
tions, .
ilOIITSIN
ACCEPTABLE TO ALL
SELECTION OF A SUITABLE PRO
VISIONAL IS PROBLEM OF
MEDIATORS.
SOME NAMES ARE DISCUSSED
No Agreement Has Yet . Been Reach
, ed The' Task is a Difficult One
and Causing Work.
Niagara Falls, Ont. The crux of the
Mexican problem, the selection of a
man for provisional president.X accept
able to all factions in Mexico and for
eign governments generally was
reached in a conference between the
mediators and the American and
Mexican delegates. '
For more than an hour names of
various individuals were discussed
but on none wis there a semblance
of agreement. There will be another
conference on the same subject. De
tails of the peace plan are practically
set aside now for the greater task of
finding the man of the hour he who
can reconcile the warring factions
and maintain peace while a constitu
tional election is held and normal or
der is resumed.
Incidentally General Carranza's note
transmitted by Rafael Zubaran, his
representative in Washington, arrived
advising the mediators that Constitu
tionalist delegates were on their way
to the mediation conference with full
instructions.
The mediator's made no comment
on the note. It contains no reference
to an armistice, on which the media
tors have been insisting and there was
nothing to show that the mediators
had in any way altered their determi
nation reached not to admit officially
the representatives of General Carran
za unless an armistice was declared.
Some other way of dealing with them
perhaps through the American dele
gates, may be found when they arrive.
The Constitutionalist representa
tives are needed here to facilitate the
course . of the peace program in its
present stages for in the discussion
of names they can be of mush servire
to . mediation generally by indirating
who will, or will not be acceptable.
. At present the mediators have ac
complished only one step ' in their
journey toward the pacification of
Mexico. This was the adoption of the
first protocol vieallng with the trans
fer of authority from the hands of
the present regime to a new provi
sional government.
WILSON WILL LEAD WAY.
International Fleet of World's Navies
Will Pass Through in March, 1915.
Washington President Wilson next
March personally will lead the Inter
national fleet of warships from Hamp
ton Roads to Colon to participate in
the formal opening of the Panama
canals by passing through on the
bridge of the world-famous old battle
ship Oregon as leader of the long
line of fighting craft of all nations
and then after proceeding northward,
enter the Golden Gate at the head of
the immense armada and attend the
Panama Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco.
This announcement was made by
Secretary Daniels. Originally the
president was to go from Washington
to Hampton Roads to greet command
ers of the International fleet as they
arrived. Afterward he was to make
the trip by rail to San Francisco to
visit the exposition at some conveni
ent later date.
The president, however, has deter
mined now to do full honor to the ex
position by making his advent on the
scene at the head of an armada, the
like of which the world has never
seen. Also he will redeem his long
standing promise to Col. George W.
Goethals to 'formally open the Pana
ma canal.
The president, according to the
present program, will leave Washing
ton for Hampton Roads, accompanied
by his official family, on the yacht
Mayflower, March 5, 1915. The inter
national fleet will have been gathering
in hte Roads since January 1.
May Put In White Man.
Washington. James B. Lloyd, of
Tarboro, is slated for recorder of
deeds of the District of Columbia, if
the Democrats can prize Henly Lin
coln Johnson, negro, out of that place
and keep another negro from getting
it It has been understood for some
time that Mr. Wilson's campaign man
agers promised negro leaders in
doubtful states to keep a negro in the
recorder of deeds office. Mr. Lloyd liv
ed in Illinois for several years and
has just recently returned to North
Carolina.
THOMAS RIGGS, JR.
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Thomas Riggs, Jr.,. Is the third ap
pointee to the commission to build the
government railroads in Alaska. , He
Is an engineer of the coast and geo
detic survey and was one of .the engi
neers on the AJaska-Canadian boun
dary commission.
REPEAL OF TOLLS'
PASSED III SENATE
MEASURE WITH SIMMONSNOR
RIS .RIDER PASSES SENATE
50 TO 35.
FAST WORK IS EXPECTED
Fight For Repeal Dates Back to 1912
When Great Britain Made A
Protest.
Washington. Repeal of Panama ca
nal toll3 exemption ' for American
coastwise shipping,- passed the Sen
ate by a vote of, 50 to 35. The meas
ure now goes back to the house, which
is expected to accept the Simmons
Norris amendment specifically reserv
ing all rights the United States may
have under the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
The passage of the bill after a
bitter struggle that has lasted for
several months was regarded tonight
i as another victory for President Wil
son. Although 13 Republicans came
to the aid of the 37 Democrats who
voted for the bill on final passage the
president initiated the' movement In
his party for repeal and it was behind
him that many Democrats who voted
"aye" lined up on the last test.
"There has been no certain prom
ise from the White House that the
President will sign the bil with its
qualifying amendment, but there has
been no declaration that he will veto
It
The Senate was weary with Jts
long grind of debate, its weary
watching for an attempt to gain a par
liamentary advantage and by the time
Vice President Marshall put the ques
tion for the passage of the bill the
oratory had died down, the chamber
was quiet . and the vote was taken
with but little excitement.
Up to the last minute no one in
the senate was postive a vote could
be taken. A3 it became more and
more apparent, however, thrat no
amendments could pass and that the
leaders expected to sit through to the
finish, the temptation to make long
speeches ceased to be attractive and
several votes were taken toward the
end without a roll call.
The bill will probably be sent to
the house at once and can be taken
up immediately if house Headers de
sire. The evident temper of the sen
ate to defeat th bill unles amended
is expected to hav wight with the
house and Democrats anxious to put
an end to the matter as soon as possi
ble are expected . to demand early
action. v"-
Vote on Prohibition Expected.
Washington. Nation-wide prohibi
tion will be voted on by the house
within four or five weeks, according
to predictions made at the canitol af
ter the rules committee had postpon
ed until July 1 action on a special rule
to provide for immediate considrea-
tion of the proposed Hobson amend
ment. Members of the committee de
clared they would consider and Drob-
ably report the Cantrell rule resolu
tion in July. The committee's ac
tion followed a day of stormy confer
ences between groups o congressmen.
CARRANZA IS LEFT
OUT OF MEDIATION
SOUTH AMERICANS REFUSE TO
WAIT LONGER FOR ANSWER
FROM HIM.
ILL-FAVORED REPORTS STIR
It Is Feared That Huerta's Men Will
Advance On - United States Army
Vera Cruz.
Washington. Administration offi
cials would not comment on the South
American mediators' refusal to wait
longer for General Carranza to ans
wer their communication suggesting
that Constitutionalist representatives
be sent to participate in the Mexican
peace conference at Niagara Falls.
Publication by the mediators of ex
changes between them and General
Carranza's agents and the, report that
the South American envoys regarded
further waiting as beneath their dig
nity were taken here to mean that
the door to mediation is closed on the
Constitutionalists. While the media
tors were determining to close th
door of the conference to Carranza,
President Wilson and Secretary ' of
State Bryan held a protracted confer
ence at the White House. 'They were
in frequent communication with the
American commissioners at Niagara
Falls and following these inter
changes, Mr. Bryan reiterated that
mediation was "progressing satisfac
torily." A few minutes later word cam
ffom Niagara Falls, of the decision of
the mediators with respect to Car
ranza. As soon as he reached his of
fice, Mr. Bryan was called to the long
distance telephone and informed of
the action of the mediators.
"I have heard of the decision of
the mediators," Mr. Bryan said when
asked concerning the late reports from
Niagara ' Falls, "but there is nothing
for me to say."
The fact that General Carranza had
forwarded no answer to he latest
communication from the mediators
had been regarded in some quarters
here for several days as an indication
that he did not intend to participate
In mediation which would require a
cessation of hostilities against Huerta.
It was reported officials of the Wash
ington government had been well
aware of this for some time and had
so informed the conferees at Niagara
Falls. It was upon this Information,
some believe, that the reported sug
gestions were made of continuing th
mediation in its present form.
HOUSES PASSES REPEAL, 216-71.
Long Bitter Fight Came to End After
Brief Debate in House.
Washington. The long and bitter
fight in Congress came to an end when
the House, after brief debate and with
out the formality of a conference, ac
cepted by a vote of 216 to 71 the
Senate' amendment specifically reserv
ing all rights the United States may
have under the Hay-Pauncefote
treaty.
Before ending the contest by con
curring in the Senate amendment,
the House voted down 154 to 108, a
proposal advanced by Representative
Moss of West Virginia to attach to
the repeal a flat declaration of the
right of the United States to exempt
Its vessels from tolls and of the sov
ereignty of the United States over
the Canal Zone.
There were flashes of heat in the
debate which characterized the orig
inal consideration of the measure.
Representative Underwood, the Dem
ocratic leader, although voting for the
j Senate amendment, said that Congress
j should never have made this "un
J American surrender," and called the
amendment "ineffective and negative."
Republican Leader Mann, who had
vigorously opposed repeal, supported
the amendment, declaring it left the
entire question of the right of this
country tq be determined in the fu
ture. Fined For Wearing Extreme Drss.
Richmond, Va. Ethl Marcuson 19,
of Winston-Salem, N. C, was fined $25
by Police Justice Crutchfiejd for ap
pearing in the streets in an'extremely
low-cut, clinging "silhouette" pink
silk dress. "It was so hot yesterday,"
was her only comment.
Railroad Will Economize.
St. Louis. The employes, from of
fice boy to president of the St. Louis
and Southwestern Railway (Cotton
Belt) with the exception of the em
ployes of the transportation and me
chanical departments, will be forced
to take a three days vacation without
pay during the month of June. This is
due, Vice President Nelson said, to
poor business. Conservative esti
mates figure the saving to the road at
$12,000 during the month. The three
day furlough was decided on recently
instead of wage reduction.
EIGHTY-ONE NEW.
DOCTORS IN STATE
THIRTY-SEVEN OUT OF 118 FAIL'
TO PASS THE STATE MEDICAL
EXAMINATIONS.
WILKERS0N STOOD HIGHEST
Roxboro Man Stands Highest With
Grade of 93 Others Follow
Close.
Raleigh. The State Board of Med
ical Examiners announces that 81 ap
plicants for licenses to practice medi
cine in this state passed successfully
the examinations held in this city
recently and will receive licenses.
There were 11S in the class that un
dertook the examinations, 37 failing;
to make satisfactory marks.
First honors went to Thaddeu3
Wilkerson of Roxboro with a grade of
93; second honors to Paul A. Petre
of Germanton and Joseph F. Belton.
of Mount Airy, who tied with grades
of 92. This list of, new doctors fol
lows: Charles W. Armstrong, Trop; Ed
ward C. Ashley, Mount .Airy; Ralph.
H. Baynes, Hurdles Mills; W. D. R.
Brandon, States ville ' Joseph F. Bel
ton, Mount Airy; W.. P. Belk, Char
lotte; Oscar R. Black, Piney Creek;
Roderick M. Buie, Bonlee; Edmund
J. Bryson, Cullowhee; F. McL. Ben
nett, Richmond, Va.; Earl L. Bow
man, Liberty; Clarence M. Bynunv
Goldston; George E. Bodwoint Wil
mington; Rowland S. Clintpn, Gas
tonia; Numa H. Crews, Henderson;'
Eugene R. Cocke, "Asheville; W. S.
Cozart, Stem; E.- S. Clark, Clarkton;
Joseph H. Caldwell, Charlotte; L. M.
Fetner, Charlotte; Lokie M. FutrelL,
Severn; Robert F. Flowe, Kannapoli.;
P. P. Green, Thomasville; Oscar J;
Houser, Cherry ville; Claude B. Hicks,
Durham; Cecil S. Hassell, Greenville;
Clair C. Henderson, Lowell; Joe A
Hartsell, Concord; Marcus HouseJr
Cherry ville; Ronda H. Hardin, Boon;'
Samuel W. Hurdle, Reidsville; Jack
H. Harris, Raleigh; L. S. Herndon,
Dover; Henderson Erwin, Charlotte;
Island L. Johns, Raleigh; William 11.
Kibler, Morganton; John F. Kendrick,
Leland; C. Mcintosh, Henderson; G.
W. Locklear, Pembroke; Alfred Mor
decai, Durham; Fred Nash, Charlotte;
E. P. Norfleet, Roxobel; William I.
Orr, Matthews; Adlai S. Sliver, Sel
ma; Karl B. Pace, Maxton; Paul A.
Petree, Germanton; Robert E. Par
rish, Smithfield; L. H. Price, Unioa
ville; Robert E. Putney, Elm City;
Nathaniel F. Rodman, Norfolk; Char
les Roebuck, Wllliamston; William
M. Scroggs, Ruthefordton; Thomas G.
Sharp, Charlotte; David B. Sloan, In-.
Gold; Joseph A. Speed, Durham;
Ceite L. Sherrill, Catawba; Charles
E. Spoon, Kimesville; Irving E. Sha
fer, Gold Hill; Robert E. Sellers, Oa
well, O.; Charles E. Sharp, Linwood;
Sheldon A. Saunders, Orlando; Georg
M. Smith, Unionville; E. B. Shavr,
Whitney; Benjamin A. Thaxton, Rox
boro; Silas R. Thompson, Lumberton;
Ramond Troxler, Browns Summltt;
Lee F. Turlington, Mount Airy; J. E.
Tidwell, Andrews; Hugh A. Thomp
son, Raleigh; Thaddeus E. Wilkerson,
Roxboro; Andrew J. Warren, Hurdlas
Mills; Hugh D. Ward, Southport;
Newton G. Wilson, Madison; Georg
L. Withers, Davidson; T. B. Woods,
Maysville; J. B. Walkerr, Union
Bridge; Charles L, York, Sparta.
There are four negroes licensed aa
follows: Thomas T. Brown, Raleigh;
Hubert A. Parris, Raleigh; Charles C.
Stewart, Greensboro; Joseph S.
Thompson, Raleigh.
FORSYTH, IREDELL AND DAVIE,
Three Counties Secure Federal Aid
to Amount of $30,000.
Washington7 Senator Simmons la
sued the following statement re
cently: This matter settled, it will then ba
definitely agreed that North -Carolina
would not lose any part of the money
The full $30,000 will go to the Coun
ties of Forsyth, Davie and IredelL
This, together with the local contri
butions, will construct 49 miles of
road.
$400,000 Involved.
Albemarle. A special form of Stanly
superior court convened here, called
just for the trial of one case, that
of Kennefick-Hoffman Company vs.
Norfolk & Southern Railway Com
pany, in which there is about $400,003
involved. At May term of the supe
rior court cf this county, by agrse
ment of plaintiff and defendant, Judge
Shaw was chosen to act as judge and
jury both, sc there Is no jury in at
tendence. . Judge Shaw will hear the
case sitting referee, will find tb j
facts and apply the law,